I'm very happy to combine postage. However, Ebay now insist that Private Sellers use their ‘Simple Delivery’ service - and it isn’t simple! If you would like more than one magazine, please use the 'add to basket' option for each one first, rather than 'buy it now'. If you're not sure how to do this, I'd be very happy to help. I should be able to send at least eight Radio Times (in the UK) for the same price as one.

Another suggestion. If more than one magazine looks interesting, it might be worth asking me to put them together into just one group. It could save you money on 'buyer protection' charges, as well as combining postage?

Here is the Radio Times for 9-15 October 1976. This is the Midlands edition, sold originally for 11p.

The cover features ‘the big yin and a wee yin’, Billy Connolly and Jon Morrison, who star in Peter McDougall's Play for Today, The Elephant's Graveyard. There's a two-page preview inside.

other features inside include:

  • a four-page piece on author Susan Coolidge's character Katy and the actresses who have played her, including Susan Hampshire and Claire Walker
  • a page and a half feature on Lord Hailsham
  • two pages on the BBC Lunchtime Concert series and the iconic venue of St John's Smith Square
  • probably only in the Midlands edition, an interview with boxing manager and corner-man George Biddles. This week, George will be in the corner of Richard Dunn, who defends his championship against Joe Bugner
  • Tom Baker stars in part 2 of the Doctor Who adventure The Hand of Fear


The magazine is in very good condition, clean and flat, with no clippings or annotations.

In common with many magazines from this era, there's some light transfer of ink from colour pages to adjacent pages. The best guide is to look at the pictures, all from the magazine offered for sale.


The magazine will be posted in a protective comic bag, inside a new Jiffy Airkraft padded envelope, protected by card stiffeners.